Just finished season two of The Expanse - a must watch if you are a Sci-Fi fan. Only two seasons on Netflix. The third should be there in autumn, apparently SciFi channel axed it (they didn’t have the online rights) but amazon looking at taking it over. Danny Sutcliffe is in it.

Started watching this the other night. I’m 6 episodes in. Really enjoyable so far.

For anyone who hasn’t heard of it. Basically a lady is found dead at the bottom of her staircase, the husband says she fell but he’s charged with murder.

The series shows real life footage of the crime scene and subsequent court case, with access all areas to the prosecution and defence as they prepare for the trial. I’ve changed my mind once or twice already…

Well worth a watch!

I have watched it all now, and I still haven’t a clue to be honest. Interestingly this case was already famous for an alternate theory, it was known as the Owl Murder. But that theory isn’t really mentioned at all.

I’ve just been watching Joanna Lumley’s Trans Siberian Railway series, what a great trip she made, and so well filmed. I wonder if things have changed much in the few short years since then, with all that’s been going on in the world. Mongolia has done well to stay independent for so long but with their natural resources being exploited these days who knows.

Kazakhstan is another country doing well to remain independent - unless it’s paying some kind of dividend to Russia. The country has huge fossil fuel and mineral resources and is also looking to become a centre for international financial trade. Why are the Russians staying away? Russia would annex the Ukraine in a heartbeat. Maybe they’d fear a jihadi war if the tried to annex Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan is another country doing well to remain independent - unless it’s paying some kind of dividend to Russia. The country has huge fossil fuel and mineral resources and is also looking to become a centre for international financial trade. Why are the Russians staying away? Russia would annex the Ukraine in a heartbeat. Maybe they’d fear a jihadi war if the tried to annex Kazakhstan.

Saw a documentary on it recently. They’re ready for the Russians. It’d be Afghanistan mark2.